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Patricia Wonsey had spent hours crafting the perfect AI character design. A cheerful character for a coloring book project she'd been dreaming about. The first few generations looked promising. Then, slowly, everything fell apart.
The eyes changed. The proportions shifted. By image five, she was staring at what looked like a completely different character.
"After maybe three or four images, it lost all consistency and it was impossible to get it back," Patricia recalls.
If you've tried creating children's content with AI, you know this frustration intimately. You nail a character, feel the excitement of possibility, then watch helplessly as the tool forgets everything about the design you just created.
Patricia had tried the usual suspects: ChatGPT, Leonardo AI, Midjourney, other popular AI image generators. Same story every time. Consistency for a few images, then chaos.
From Classroom to Creative Business
Patricia spent years as an educator before transitioning into content creation. She understood how to teach, how to break complex ideas into digestible pieces, how to create materials that actually helped people learn.
That background gave her an idea: coloring books. Educational, creative, marketable. The kind of project that combined her teaching instincts with her creative ambitions.
The only thing standing between her and that vision? Characters that actually looked the same from page to page.
A coloring book isn't a single illustration. It's dozens of images featuring the same characters in different poses, different scenes, different situations. Without consistency, the whole concept falls apart.
Here is from Patricia:
That Week Everything Changed
When Patricia discovered Neolemon's Consistent Character tool, she approached it with the same methodical curiosity she'd brought to her teaching career. Instead of expecting instant results, she took time to understand the process. She followed the guides. She experimented.
And then something clicked.
The characters stayed consistent. Image after image. Pose after pose. The same eyes, the same proportions, the same personality.
"I was able to land two clients within the first week. That brought me over a thousand dollars worth of income for those two projects."
Two clients. Two complete coloring book projects. Over $1,000. In seven days.
For Patricia, the speed wasn't the point. What mattered was that she could finally deliver what she'd promised. Characters that looked professional. Pages that belonged together. Projects she was proud to put her name on.
Take a look at her process:
What Made the Difference
Patricia didn't just generate images and hope for the best. She built a workflow.
She'd create her main character first, locking in exactly how they looked before generating any scenes. Then she'd use the editing tools to adjust poses, expressions, and backgrounds without losing that core consistency.
"The action editor and expression editor make it so easy," she explained. "You type in whatever you want, and with one click you have it."
The clients were happy. Word spread. More projects followed.
What strikes me about Patricia's story isn't the dollar amount, though that's certainly impressive for a first week. It's the confidence shift. She went from fighting her tools to trusting them. From hoping characters would stay consistent to knowing they would.
That's the difference between dabbling and building a business.
Patricia's Advice
Patricia's approach offers a blueprint for anyone sitting on similar creative ambitions:
Start by understanding the process, not just the tool. She followed guides, experimented with different approaches, and found what worked for her specific projects before pitching to clients.
Think about what you could actually offer. For Patricia, her teaching background pointed naturally toward educational coloring books. Your background might suggest something different.
And perhaps most importantly: approach it with genuine curiosity rather than desperation. Patricia wasn't trying to get rich quick. She was trying to solve a problem that had been blocking her creative work for months.
The $1,000 week was a byproduct of finally having tools that worked.
Patricia went from character consistency headaches to a profitable coloring book business in seven days. If you're curious about what consistent characters could unlock for your own projects, our step-by-step character creation guides are the same ones Patricia used to get started.
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